As a shareholder, he had direct command authority over low-ranking Hounds.
"Little one, what's wrong?" Miss Hound, who had rushed over, bent down with her hands on her knees and gently looked into the little girl's eyes. "Why are you crying?"
"Waaah..." The little girl sobbed as she pointed at the strange creature climbing the building again. "That monster... sob... just now... sob... sat on my mommy and knocked her out of the dream...!"
"My... my mom's gone... waaah..."
"Your mom's gone?" Miss Hound blinked and asked, "Did you get separated from your mother?"
"No, no..." The little girl shook her head through her sobs. "My mom died..."
"Huh?"
After asking repeatedly, Miss Hound finally understood what had happened.
Apparently, someone had fallen from a great height just now and knocked the little girl's mother out of the dream.
"I understand."
Miss Hound stood and nodded slightly.
"Oh, right. Did you see an older brother?"
"Older brother?" The little girl froze, her crying easing.
"Yes, he's one of our shareholders. He's also the one who called me here."
Miss Hound smiled gently.
"I've always admired him, and I wanted to meet him too."
"Of course, your mother is fine. She should have woken up at the hotel by now."
"Once she comes to, she'll enter the dream again to keep you company."
"I didn't see any older brother..."
The little girl raised her hand and pointed at the strange creature high up on the skyscraper's glass.
"But I saw a monster. He's the one who made my mom disappear."
"?" Miss Hound looked up, growing more alarmed the longer she watched.
"W-Who is that?! How did he climb so high?!"
"It's the murderer!" The little girl gritted her teeth. "The murder of my mother cannot go unavenged!"
She said bitterly,